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Supplementary Information:
Unraveling the role of Ti in the stability of positive layered ox-ide electrodes for rechargeable Na-ion batteries
Maider Zarrabeitia,a,b,† Elena Gonzalo,a,† Marta Pasqualini,c Matteo Ciambezi,d Oier Lakuntza,a Francesco Nobili,c Angela Trapananti,d Andrea Di Cicco,d Giuliana Aquilanti,e Nebil A. Katcho,a Juan M. López del Amo,a Javier Carrasco,a Miguel Ángel Muñoz-Márquez,a* and Teófilo Rojoa,b*.
aCIC energiGUNE, Parque Tecnológico de Álava, Albert Einstein 48, ED. CIC, 01510, Miñano, SpainbDepartamento de Química Inorgánica, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, P.O. Box. 664, 48080 Leioa, SpaincChemistry Division, School of Science and Technology, University of Camerino, via Madonna delle Carceri, 62032 Camerino, ItalydPhysics Division, School of Science and Technology, University of Camerino, via Madonna delle Carceri, 62032 Camerino, Italy
eElettra – Sincrotrone Trieste, s.s. 14 km 163.5 in Area Science park 34149 Basovizza, Trieste, Italy.
†These authors have equally contributed to this work.
*corresponding authors: e-mail: Dr. Miguel Ángel Muñoz-Márquez: [email protected]; Prof. Teófilo Rojo: [email protected]
Electronic Supplementary Material (ESI) for Journal of Materials Chemistry A.This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2019
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Fig. S1. The equivalent circuit used to fit the EIS data.
This model is based on:
i) At high-frequency (HF) region:
Relec: electrolyte resistance when Na+ ions cross the electrolyte from one electrode to the other.
RSPI: solid permeable interphase resistance
CSPI: capacitance of the electrode/electrolyte interphase
ii) At medium-frequency (MF) region:
RCT: charge-transfer resistance
CDL: capacitance of the double layer formed onto active particles
iii) At low-frequency (LF) region:
Re: bulk electronic resistance
Ce: charge accumulation at the surface of the particles or at intraparticles crystallite domains
Zw: Warburg diffusion linked to the solid-state diffusion of Na+ ion inside the crystal
Ci: intercalation capacity due to the charge accumulation.
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Fig. S2. PXRD patterns refined by Rietveld method with hexagonal P63/mmc symmetry of pristine a) P2- Na2/3Mn0.8Fe0.2O2 (MnFe) and b) P2- Na2/3Mn0.8Fe0.1Ti0.1O2 (MnFeTi) by FullProf software.
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Fig. S3. [TMO6] octahedron (TM = Mn, Fe and/or Ti) of a, MnFe, b, MnFeTi and c, P2-Na2/3Mn0.8Ti0.2O2 (MnTi) samples obtained by Rietveld analysis and TM-O distances (Å).
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Fig. S4. Ti K-edge XANES spectra for the MnFeTi (red) and MnTi (black) and derivatives in the inset.
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Fig. S5. Cyclic voltammetry profile of MnFeTi sample.
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Fig. S6. GITT profile of MnFe sample.
Fig. S7. GITT profile of MnFeTi sample.
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Fig. S8. GITT profile of MnTi sample.
(Equation S1)
: characteristic diffusion length
: galvanostatic pulse duration
ΔEs: difference in OCV measured at the end of two sequential open-circuit relaxation step
ΔEt: voltage change with respect to the time during the constant current pulse
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Fig. S9. DNa+ vs voltage in logarithmic scale of MnFe (blue), MnFeTi (red) and MnTi (black)
samples determined by GITT experiments.
The minimum of DNa+ at about 3.0 V vs Na+/Na is due to the reinforcement of short-range
interactions between intercalating Na+ ion and intercalating sites, thus limiting the ion mobility, around “equilibrium” potential. [1,2] Then, above 3.75 V vs Na+/Na, DNa
+ decreases and that could be related to the complex Na+ ion extraction process.
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Fig. S10. Zoom of Nyquist plot of pristine electrodes of MnFe (blue squares) and MnFeTi (red squares) samples in the frequency range of 100 kHz – 20 Hz.
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Fig. S11. Nyquist plots and corresponding fit for a), b) MnFe and c), d) MnFeTi in the frequency range of 100 kHz – 5 mHz at 4.2 V and 1.5 V vs Na+/Na, respectively. Inset frequency range from 100 kHz to 1 Hz.
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Fig. S12. PXRD patterns of a) MnFe, b) MnFeTi and c) MnTi pristine and cycled electrodes.
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Fig. S13. TM-O distance distributions within [TMO6] octahedra in MnFe, MnFeTi, and MnTi. Fe and Ti distance distributions in MnFeTi have been multiplied by two in order to facilitate the visualization.
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DI expression as proposed by Warren:
(Equation S2)
where i runs over the six TM-O bonds of the octahedron and dMO,i and <dMO> stand for the TM-O and the averaged TM-O distances, respectively.
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Table S1. Mn oxidation state and percentage of MnIII and MnIV in MnFe, MnFeTi and MnTi samples. The percentage was calculated by charge balance. On the one hand the oxidation state of each transition metal was known by XANES and Mossbauer spectroscopy and on the other hand Rietveld and ICP analysis indicate Mn:Fe, Mn:Fe:Ti and Mn:Ti ratio.
Sample Mn oxidation state MnIII (%) MnIV (%)
MnFe +3.417 58.7 41.3
MnFeTi +3.292 71.2 28.8
MnTi +3.167 83.8 16.2
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Table S2. The used space group, refined cell parameters and the average distance between transition metal (TM = MnIV, MnIII, FeIII, TiIV) and oxygen are summarized.
Cell parametersSample Space group
a (Å) b (Å) c (Å)TM-O distance (Å)
MnFe P63/mmc 2.9106(2) 2.9106(2) 11.1932(7) 1.90(2)
MnFeTi P63/mmc 2.9132(2) 2.9132(2) 11.1819(6) 1.97(2)
P63/mmc 2.9130(9) 2.9130(9) 11.170(3) 1.97(2)MnTi
Cmcm 2.8850(3) 5.1985(5) 11.1705(5) 2.24(4) & 1.89(2)
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Table S3. Refined crystallographic parameters for pristine MnFe, MnFeTi and MnTi (taking into account both symmetries) and reliability factors.
Atom Wyckoff x y z SOF
NMFO (P63/mmc)
Mn 2a 0 0 0 0.8
Fe 2a 0 0 0 0.2
O 4f 0.33 0.66 0.080(3) 1.0
Na(1) 2b 0 0 0.25 0.33(2)
Na(2) 2d 0.33 0.66 0.75 0.34(2)
Reliability factors
X2 Rp Rwp
4.3 5.44% 5.59%
NMFTO (P63/mmc)
Mn 2a 0 0 0 0.8
Fe 2a 0 0 0 0.1
Ti 2a 0 0 0 0.1
O 4f 0.33 0.66 0.091(4) 1.0
Na(1) 2b 0 0 0.25 0.35(1)
Na(2) 2d 0. 0.66 0.75 0.32(1)
Reliability factors
X2 Rp Rwp
1.79 3.36% 4.32%
NMTO (P63/mmc)
Mn 2a 0 0 0 0.8
Ti 2a 0 0 0 0.2
O 4f 0.33 0.66 0.092(3) 1
Na(1) 2b 0 0 0.25 0.24(2)
Na(2) 2d 0.33 0.66 0.75 0.42(2)
Reliability factors
X2 Rp Rwp
18.1 52.4% 45.4%
NMTO (Cmcm)
Mn 4a 0 0 0 0.8
Ti 4a 0 0 0 0.2
O 8f 0 0.620(9) 0.906(3) 1.0
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Na(1) 4c 0 -0.07(3) 0.25 0.31(2)
Na(2) 4c 0 0.62(2) 0.25 0.36(2)
Reliability factors
X2 Rp Rwp
3.76 6.84% 6.39%
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Table S4. Resultant resistance values from the fits, using the equivalent circuit detailed in Fig. S1 and shown in Fig. 4.
MnFe MnFeTi MnTi
Relec (Ohm·cm2) 5.0 4.0 1.1
RSPI (Ohm·cm2) 2.9 4.3 64
RCT (Ohm·cm2) 6.0 22 109
Re (Ohm·cm2) 712 2,370 20,406
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Table S5. Calculated DFT mean values of TM-O distances (Å) in P2-Na2/3Mn0.8Fe0.2-xTixO2. The two values in the MnIII column correspond to the short (equatorial) and long (axial) distances.
x MnIV-O MnIII-O FeIII-O TiIV-O
0.00 1.961 1.977 / 2.213 2.049 -
0.10 1.953 1.970 / 2.246 2.051 1.999
0.20 1.953 1.964 / 2.270 - 1.997
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Table S6. Average interatomic distances and corresponding variances for the three Na2/3Mn0.8Fe0.2-xTixO2 samples as obtained from the EXAFS analysis. The two values correspond to the short (equatorial) and long (axial) coordination shells having coordination numbers 4 and 2 respectively.
x RMn-O (Å) (equatorial)RMn-O (Å)
(axial)
σ2Mn-O (10-3 Å2)
(equatorial)σ2
Mn-O (10-3 Å2) (axial)
0.00 1.940(2) 2.298(10) 8.3(8) 6.8(7)
0.10 1.944(2) 2.303(10) 7.0(7) 7.0(7)
0. 20 1.947(2) 2.297(10) 8.5(8) 7.6(8)
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Supporting references
[1] F. Varsano, F. Decker, E. Masetti, F. Croce, Electrochim. Acta 2001, 46, 2069.
[2] M.D. Levi, K. Gamolsky, D. Aurbach, U. Heider, R. Oesten, Electrochim. Acta 2000, 45, 1781.